How timely. Just the other day, I out my son to bed half an hour early because he had been showing irritability and a short temper for the past three days. It finally clicked that he had been crawling into bed with me and laying there awake until I was ready to start the day. I explained that he wasn't I troubled that I just recognized he needed more rest. He went to bed agreeably (shockingly), fell asleep with ease, and was much more even tempered the next day. Even I am irritable without proper rest so it only makes sense for our kids too. Great read. -Aimee
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Hello friend, thank you for reading and sharing your experience, I must tell you that my son is already 19 years old but when he was 6 years old and started primary school I don't know if it was because of the stress of the new school and friends he started to stop sleeping, I didn't realize it until I noticed that he started to fall asleep when we were having lunch or they called me from school to tell me that he was falling asleep in class, His mood changed and he was upset all the time, so when I noticed that he went to his room but didn't fall asleep, of course I was exhausted and I trusted that he was too until I started to keep an eye on him and from that moment on I started to make sure he was able to get back to sleep again, I even had to sleep with him for several weeks until he was able to get back to his rhythm.
Wow, sounds like starting school was quite an adjustment for him. My kids seem to have endless energy, trying to postpone bedtime regularly. I hope they're learning to trust me when I explain how beneficial rest is for their growing bodies. You sound like such a caring and observant mom! How wonderful that you were able to help him reset his rhythm to get him the rest he needed. -Aimee
By the way, I really like your posts. They are well done and you speak from experience, that's great.
Thank you! I enjoy writing from experience and sharing things I have learned. I've picked up so much from other moms and feel like it would be a shame not to keep passing the information along. The proverbial village seems to have moved online. :) -Aimee